Posts Tagged ‘Beryl’

Task Switching in Compiz-Fusion

Being a sucker for all kinds of eye-candy, I’ve been running the latest builds of Compiz-Fusion. I’ve got to say that it is fantastic and makes the desktop experience a much more pleasurable one.
One of the things that has caused an issue is that the Application Switcher plugin (ALT+TAB) keeps on switching to every second [...]

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Some windows lose opacity in Beryl

There’s a small incompatibility in Beryl which causes certain program windows to appear translucent or transparent.
A simple fix for this is to

Open up the Beryl Settings manager
Click Windows Management
Enable and select the WIndow Specific Settings option
Under the Rules tab, expand Disable ARGB Visual, and click Add (the + button).
Select Class Name in the list, [...]

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Beryl Cube doesn’t work with the Workspace Switcher

Sometimes I get a little carried away with messing around with the settings in Beryl. I think that through various upgrading to 0.2, downgrading and then upgrading through the SVC repository and playing with options, I’ve probably wasted 5-6 hours of my life.
Anyway, one thing I have noticed is that the desktop switcher sometimes doesn’t [...]

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